The Shack

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:48

Author: William P. Young

Publisher: Windblown Media

Year: 2008

Price: $13.95

There comes a point in every person’s life when things don’t go the way they’re supposed to and things take a turn for the worse, es cuando nos pega la depre cañón… so bad that your friends have you on suicide watch, acquaintances invite you to AA meetings or give you the business card to their therapist… so bad that your mom, tu abuela, la tía, la prima y hasta la vecina se ponen a rezarle a todos los santos para te dejes de fregaderas y salgas del hoyo. And then there’s the occasional airhead that strives to save you and the whole world one self-help book at a time.  It was during one of my many lows that I came across “The Shack”, not only a New York Times #1 Best Seller, but a very publicized and popular book among church-goers.  

“The Shack” tells the story of Mack, and how after losing his youngest child entered the “great darkness” or depression for us earthlings.  It was during this period that he cursed the whole world and God for doing that to him.  One day Mack receives a note and things just go from Guatemala to Guatepeor… not for Mack, but for the reader.

What starts as a somewhat interesting and believable story turns into some ludicrous biblical mumbo jumbo so far out and unfeasible that not even the most naïve person would be able to digest.

Regardless of the amount of buzz it has received, “The Shack” falls short and fails to deliver self-help, motivation or any positivism. Overall, “The Shack” can be resumed and appraised in one sentence: bad theology meets bad writing.  

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